Mike Crapo

Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo (20 May 1951-) was a US Senator from Idaho (R) from 3 January 1999, succeeding Dirk Kempthorne. Crapo had previously served in the US House of Representatives from Idaho's 2nd district from 3 January 1993 to 3 January 1999, succeeding Richard Stallings and preceding Mike Simpson.

Biography
Michael Dean Crapo was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on 20 May 1951, a distant relative of Michigan governor Henry H. Crapo and General Motors founder William C. Durant, and the brother of Idaho politician Terry Crapo. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1973 and from Harvard Law School in 1977, and he worked as a lawyer and a Republican Party campaign worker. From 1984 to 1992, he served in the Idaho State Senate, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives as the representative from Idaho's 2nd congressional district in 1993. In 1999, he won election to the US Senate after Senator Dirk Kempthorne successfully ran for governor, and he served on several Senate committees. Crapo opposed Obamacare and background check expansions for gun buyers, but he cooperated with Democratic Party senators on national debt and refused to vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election due to Trump's disgusting comments about women.